Throughout the film, Major Heyward only cared about himself and Cora. Therefore, when Cora rejected his marriage proposal, Major Heyward lied about the deals made with the colonialist and pressured Colonel Munro to execute Hawkeye. Unlike Chingachgook, Uncas and Hawekeye, Major Heyward only wanted to do good when it benefited him. However, this changed towards the end of the film. After Elder Huron declared that Cora should be burned alive, Hawkeye offered to replace her. However, instead of telling the elder, Major Heyward offered himself. A once selfish man was willing to sacrifice his own life for the man he once tried to kill. In The Last of the Mohicans, no other character achieves such a dramatic transformation from bad guy to good guy.